Physician advocacy group Doctors Manitoba is calling on employers to get rid of sick note requirements in the workplace as a way of freeing up physicians to do less paperwork and more patient care.

WINNIPEG — The group that represents physicians across Manitoba stepped up its campaign to restrict the use of sick notes Tuesday. Doctors Manitoba launched a web page, social media video and ...

Sick notes add to pressure on health-care system, Manitoba doctors say By Steve Lambert The Canadian Press Posted June 17, 2025 12:34 pm Updated June 17, 2025 8:08 pm ...

Doctors Manitoba launched a web page, social media video and guide for employers aimed at highlighting the amount of time and money taken up by workers who have to get sick notes to explain their ...

The doctors' advocacy group is appealing to employers to eliminate sick notes for short-term absences, saying physicians in Manitoba get 600,000 requests for the notes annually.

Doctors Manitoba asked the government earlier this year to follow most other provinces and set limits on how employers can demand sick notes. The Saskatchewan government recently passed a law that ...

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